Changes among the political advisors

Political advisor Annelene Svingen in the Ministry of Trade and Industry will be acting state secretary in the same ministry from a date to be decided by the Office of the Prime Minister, in State Secretary Rikke Lind’s leave of absence and for a duration of no more than one year.

In Svingen’s period as acting state secretary Ms. Anne Margrete Blaker (57), environmental specialist, Stathelle, will be political advisor to Minister of Trade and Industry Dag Terje Andersen.

Anne Margrete Blaker comes from a post as environmental specialist with Borealis AS. She has formerly worked at Retroplast AS, Statoil Petrokjemi AS and Kvaerner Engineering AS. She is a chemical engineer from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

The Government represents the Labour Party (Lab.), the Socialist Left Party (Soc.) and the Centre Party (Cent.). The list of political advisors now is as follows:


To Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (Lab.)
Ms. Mina Gerhardsen (Lab.)

To Minister of Finance Kristin Halvorsen (Soc.)
Ms. Sylvi Annie Bratten (Soc.)

To Minister of Petroleum and Energy Åslaug Haga (Cent.)
Mr. Geir Pollestad (Cent.)

To Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre (Lab.)
Ms. Gry Larsen (Lab.)

To Minister of Research and Higher Education Tora Aasland (Soc.)
Mr. Kyrre Lekve (Soc.)

To Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa (Cent.)
Lars Erik Bartnes (Cent.)

To Minister of Defence Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen (Lab.)
Ms. Ragnhild Mathisen (Lab.)

To Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim (Soc.)
Mr. Morten Wasstøl (Soc.)- environment affairs

To Minster of Trade and Industry Dag Terje Andersen (Lab.)
Ms. Annelene Svingen (Lab.) – acting state secretary in same ministry from date to be decided by the Office of the Prime Minister.
Ms. Anne Margrete Blaker (Lab.) – acting for Annelene Svingen.

To Minister of Transport and Communications Liv Signe Navarsete (Cent.)
Ms. Anne Tingelstad Wøien (Cent.)

To Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion Bjarne Håkon Hanssen (Lab.)
Mr. Ketil Lindseth (Lab.)
Ms. Hadia Tajik (Lab.)

To Minister of Children and Equality Manuela Ramin-Osmundsen (Lab.)
Ms. Marthe Scharning Lund (Lab.)

To Minister of Justice Knut Storberget (Lab.)
Eirik Øwre Thorshaug (Lab.)

To Minister of Culture and Church Affairs Trond Giske (Lab.)
Ms. Trine Synøve Lie Larsen (Lab.)

To Minister of Health and Care Services  Sylvia Brustad (Lab.)
Ms. Solveig Torsvik (Lab.)

To Minister of Government Administration and Reform Heidi Grande Røys (Soc.)
Mr. Jørund Leknes (Soc.)

To Minister of Agriculture and Food Terje Riis-Larsen (Cent.)
Ms. Sigrid Hjørnegård (Cent.)

To Minister of Education Bård Vegar Solhjell (Soc.)
Mr. Audun Kolsrud Herning (Soc.)

To Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Helga Pedersen (Lab.)
Mr. John Erik Pedersen (Lab.)